Dressing table and mirror therefor



Oct. 17, 1933.3 D. c. DILLON 1,930,925

DRESSING TABLE AND MIRROR THEREFOR Filed July 21. 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 1INVENTOR ATTORNEY 06?. 17, 1933. c; DILLON 1,930,925

DRESSING TABLE AND MIRROR THEREFOR Filed July 21. I931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2h- V NM INVENT v I swam LL BYQQA W ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 17, 1933UNITED. STATES ATENr orrics f j f Claims.

This invention relates to dressing tables mirrors therefor.

One object of the invention is to construct a combination mirror so thatone portion is held 5 in vertical position to reflect images of theupper part of the user while the other in one position serves as a tablesurface and in the other position as a mirror to reflect images of thelower part of the user.

Another object is to construct a so-called Kidney dressing table havinga vertical mirror at the back and a mirror top with provisions forlowering the center part of the latter to serve as a continuation of thevertical mirror. 7

Other objects will appear in the following specification, referencebeing had to the drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of thecheval or Kidney type table, the arms for the curtains or 20 drapes (notshown) being in open position;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken along line 22 of Fig. 3. i

Fig. 3 is a perspective view with the curtain arms in closed position.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken along line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a partial section taken on the line 55 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, the table consists of two parts 1 and 2spaced to provide room for the user in sitting position. Each side partis supported by a plurality of legs 3, four in this instance, withappropriate mortised side members 4 to furnish a rigid structure. Thetwo parts 1 and 2 are joined together at the rear by any appropriatemeans. I have shown for this purpose a member 4 held to the table top byappropriate screws or bolts (not shown). The parts 1 and 2 have wood orother suitable tops or backing plates 7 and S secured thereto in theusual way. Mirrors 9 and 10 are secured to these tops by any means suchas screws 11. To the support 4 is secured by screws 12, another mirror12' in vertical position to reflect the upper portion of the user whensitting at the table. To this vertical mirror is hinged at 13, 14, twoadditional mirrors 15 and 16. These side mirrors may be adjusted intovarious positions to reflect different views of the rear. A wood backingplate 1'7 is hinged at 1'7 to the member 4, or other appropriate part. Amirror 18 is secured to this backing plate by appropriate means such asscrews 19. The hinging of the mirror 18 is such that it will lie eitherin a horizontal plane or swing down to a vertical plane. In the firstand position it is held or latched flush with the mirrors 9 and 10 byany appropriate means. For this purpose I have illustrated a bar 20pivoted to the plate 17 at 21. The ends of this bar are adapted to turnover cleats 22, 23 fastened to the inside members 4 of the parts 1 and 2and thus support the mirror in horizontal position.

With the center mirror in horizontal position the user has virtually acontinuous mirror table top and back and side mirrors to reflect imagesof the user in sitting position.

By turning the latch bar 20 free of the slots formed by cleats 22 and 23the mirror 18 may be lowered to lie in a vertical plane and furnishesvirtually a continuation of the mirror 12 thus giving with the latter afull length image of a person standing before the dresser.

Beneath the tops '7 and 8 are pivoted the arms 24 and 25 and to thesearms and to the side of the dressing table may be attached drapes. Thesedrapes are not shown as they will be of various designs and form no partof the invention. Byv turning these arms about their pivots (not shown)the drapes may be opened out to permit the user to sit before thedresser. By 89 revolving the arms back, the curtains or drapes enclosethe front of the table. The arms also furnish support for the pivots ofhorizontal mirror 18 but since it is necessary to have this mirror heldin horizontal position with the drapes 55 open, it is necessary to havean additional support such as the latch bar 20.

It will be apparent that various latching means may be used and themirrors may be joined together in various ways than those illustrated.91) The invention therefore is not to be limited to any particulararrangement.

Having described in my invention what I claim 1. In dressing tables, amirror, means to support the mirror vertically to produce images of theupper part of an object, a second mirror, means to support the secondmirror in a horizontal position to serve as a table top and in averticalposition to produce images of the 1110 lower part of the object.

2. In dressing tables, a table top having two side portions spaced toform an open center portion, a mirror secured to the back of the top,and a second mirror hinged at the rear in said 1 center portion andadapted to be positioned parallel, either to the table top, or to thefirst mirror, and means to support the second mirror parallel to thetable top.

3. In dressing tables, a vertical mirror, side 1510 mirrors hinged toeach side of the vertical mirror and a bottom mirror hinged at the baseof the vertical mirror and adapted to extend as a continuation thereofin one position and to extend at right angles thereto for a table top inanother position. V

4. In dressing tables, a top consisting of two side parts having a spacetherebetween, a mirror vertically positioned at the rear of said space,

and a second mirror hinged at the base of the first mirror and. adaptedto lie horizontally in said space and vertically as a continuation ofthe first mentioned mirror.

